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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Chemistry |
| Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary:
| CW 20%, EX 80% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
In taking this module you cannot take CH30086
Before taking this module you must ( take CH20147 OR take CH20148 ) AND ( take CH20149 OR take CH20150 ) or equivalent organic and inorganic courses from another university. |
| Description:
| Aims: The overall aim of this course is to provide an introduction to bio-inorganic chemistry with a focus on the role of d-, f- and p-block metals in biology Learning Outcomes: At the end of this Unit, students should be able to: * Demonstrate an understanding of how and why the coordination chemistry of metals are used in biological systems; * Account for the bonding features relating to structural and reactivity patterns in simple biomolecules; * Demonstrate an understanding of the roles of metals in medicine and nanotechnology as therapeutics or diagnostics; * Account for the considerable current academic and industrial research attention attracted by transition metals in bioinorganic chemistry by critical assessment of current literature on bio-inorganic Chemistry. Skills: Problem solving (T, F, A), Scientific writing (F, A), critical thinking (F, A). Content: Metals in biology - basic coordination chemistry and analytical methods used in bioinorganic chemistry - metal containing enzyme systems - structural role of metals - metals in medicine, imaging and nanotechnology. |
| Programme availability: |
CH40086 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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